diff --git a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/validate_mesh_overlapping_uvs.py b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/validate_mesh_overlapping_uvs.py
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+from maya import cmds
+
+import pyblish.api
+import pype.api
+import pype.maya.action
+
+
+class ValidateMeshHasOverlappingUVs(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
+    """Validate the current mesh overlapping UVs.
+
+    It validates whether the current UVs are overlapping or not.
+    It is optional to warn publisher about it.
+    """
+
+    order = pype.api.ValidateMeshOrder
+    hosts = ['maya']
+    families = ['model']
+    category = 'geometry'
+    label = 'Mesh Has Overlapping UVs'
+    actions = [pype.maya.action.SelectInvalidAction]
+    optional = True
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _has_overlapping_uvs(cls, node):
+
+        allUvSets = cmds.polyUVSet(q=1, auv=1)
+        # print allUvSets
+        currentTool = cmds.currentCtx()
+        cmds.setToolTo('selectSuperContext')
+        biglist = cmds.ls(
+            cmds.polyListComponentConversion(node, tf=True), fl=True)
+        shells = []
+        overlappers = []
+        bounds = []
+        for uvset in allUvSets:
+            # print uvset
+            while len(biglist) > 0:
+                cmds.select(biglist[0], r=True)
+                # cmds.polySelectConstraint(t=0)
+                # cmds.polySelectConstraint(sh=1,m=2)
+                # cmds.polySelectConstraint(sh=0,m=0)
+                aShell = cmds.ls(sl=True, fl=True)
+                shells.append(aShell)
+                biglist = list(set(biglist) - set(aShell))
+                cmds.setToolTo(currentTool)
+                cmds.select(clear=True)
+                # shells = [ [faces in uv shell 1], [faces in shell 2], [etc] ]
+
+            for faces in shells:
+                shellSets = cmds.polyListComponentConversion(
+                    faces, ff=True, tuv=True)
+                if shellSets != []:
+                    uv = cmds.polyEditUV(shellSets, q=True)
+
+                    uMin = uv[0]
+                    uMax = uv[0]
+                    vMin = uv[1]
+                    vMax = uv[1]
+                    for i in range(len(uv)/2):
+                        if uv[i*2] < uMin:
+                            uMin = uv[i*2]
+                        if uv[i*2] > uMax:
+                            uMax = uv[i*2]
+                        if uv[i*2+1] < vMin:
+                            vMin = uv[i*2+1]
+                        if uv[i*2+1] > vMax:
+                            vMax = uv[i*2+1]
+                        bounds.append([[uMin, uMax], [vMin, vMax]])
+                else:
+                    return False
+
+        for a in range(len(shells)):
+            for b in range(a):
+                # print "b",b
+                if bounds != []:
+                    # print bounds
+                    aL = bounds[a][0][0]
+                    aR = bounds[a][0][1]
+                    aT = bounds[a][1][1]
+                    aB = bounds[a][1][0]
+
+                    bL = bounds[b][0][0]
+                    bR = bounds[b][0][1]
+                    bT = bounds[b][1][1]
+                    bB = bounds[b][1][0]
+
+                    overlaps = True
+                    if aT < bB:  # A entirely below B
+                        overlaps = False
+
+                    if aB > bT:  # A entirely above B
+                        overlaps = False
+
+                    if aR < bL:  # A entirely right of B
+                        overlaps = False
+
+                    if aL > bR:  # A entirely left of B
+                        overlaps = False
+
+                    if overlaps:
+                        overlappers.extend(shells[a])
+                        overlappers.extend(shells[b])
+                else:
+                    return False
+                    pass
+
+        if overlappers:
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_invalid(cls, instance):
+        invalid = []
+
+        for node in cmds.ls(instance, type='mesh'):
+            if cls._has_overlapping_uvs(node):
+                invalid.append(node)
+
+        return invalid
+
+    def process(self, instance):
+
+        invalid = self.get_invalid(instance)
+        if invalid:
+            raise RuntimeError("Meshes found with overlapping "
+                               "UVs: {0}".format(invalid))
+        pass